Paul makes an excellent debut in front of his first large mainstream American audience.
by James Buchanan
Ron Paul just did a fantastic job on the Tonight Show. The audience was packed with enthusiastic Ron Paul supporters, who cheered loudly when Leno mentioned his name after the monologue. Leno asked Ron Paul how many babies Ron Paul delivered as a doctor and the audience applauded when he said 4,000. Leno also noted that Ron Paul served in the Air Force as a flight surgeon.
On the same show, Leno had actor Tom Cruise promoting his latest film and the popular rock band, the Sex Pistols. Leno must have had an unusually large audience that night, which was yet another fantastic break for Ron Paul.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/10/ron-paul-to-jay.html “The campaign has been going so well in his view that ‘there’s probably a risk I could win,’ Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul just told NBC-TV’s Jay Leno… (Paul) has been raising more money than several candidates who are better known and has certainly been generating more buzz on the Internet, where his videos and blog postings about him have multiplied sharply in recent months. He told Leno he attributes those successes ‘to the message.’ ‘I have shortcomings, but the message has no shortcomings,’ Paul said. It’s all about ‘liberty,’ he added. Paul ticked off some of the things he would try to do as president — including bringing all U.S. troops home from Iraq and eliminating the federal income tax.” Ron Paul came off as witty, sincere and perhaps the greatest patriot in mainstream politics today. Millions of anti-war Americans have been looking for a solid anti-war candidate, and Ron Paul clearly is the one. Millions of Democrats are disgusted with Hillary’s repeated pro-war pronouncements. The Democrat Party has failed repeatedly to stop funding the war, to investigate the lies that led us into the war or to impeach Bush and Cheney for their criminal abuse of power. We will probably see a record number of Democrats and Libertarians changing parties so they can vote for Ron Paul in the Republican primary.
The Ron Paul phenomenon has a fantastic grass roots quality to it. Once people learn about Ron Paul, they can’t help but spread the word, tell their friends and start blogging about Paul until the wee hours of the night. Thanks to the Jay Leno Show, Ron Paul has just been introduced to millions of Americans nation-wide, who probably had never heard of him before. The Ron Paul campaign has just shifted up a gear or two, and the momentum is building faster than ever.